This beautiful word is not found in OED hyphenated or compound – it is JRRT original for our purposes, and much used by modern fantasy authors. And my favorite form of the word? Right here. The ultimate lullabye.
- 01.076 The dragon-fire, in twisted wire
- 13.009 But certainly it was not a spark of dragon-fire,
- 14.033 Dragon-fire and ruin!
- 15.039 The dragon-fire, from twisted wire
[…] On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, on crowns they hung The dragon-fire, in twisted wire They meshed the light of moon and […]
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